Spring Flowers are Blooming

It won’t be long before the Azaleas are in full bloom here and a lovely vase can be displayed on my table!  I have another card to share from this beautiful new set from Marcella Hawley, Azalea by Power Poppy.

I colored these lovelies with Copic markers and shaded around the image itself with Prismacolor pencils and oms.  After cutting the image with a Classic Ovals die from Spellbinders I sponged it with Antique Linen Distress ink with the die still in place.  I used Lacey Ovals for the mat.  The sentiment was cut with Labels Twenty and again sponged it with the die still in place.   The patterned paper is all from the MME Vanity Fair Six by Six pad.
Stay tuned for an amazing May release…the sneaks are almost here!
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Meet Azalea

This beautiful new set called Azalea is a collection of blooms just waiting for you to add the perfect color!  With so many shades this flower comes in the sky’s the limit!  This 4" by 6" set was illustrated by hand with a whole lotta love by Marcella Hawley.

I stamped this image on cold press water color paper with VersaFine black ink and watercolored it with various brands of dye reinkers and a paint brush.  I have a beautiful variety of azalea that has the most gorgeous shade of peachy orange blooms, so I wanted to recreate that on my card.  This is such a beautiful image and so much fun to color!

I used a Spellbinders die Fleur de Lis Squares to mat my image that I trimmed into a square and nipped off the corners.  The patterned papers are from the MME Mabel pad.  I used some satin ribbon and rustic twine to add a bow.  I added the sentiment cut with a circle punch and layered onto a hand cut banner.  
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